Stats Don't Rail - You Lot Cannot Satisfy Everybody
Friday, June 21, 2013
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Blogger of late redesigned the Stats "Don't rails ..." selection - as well as removed 3rd political party cookies from the picture.
The "Don't rails ..." sorcerer is directly accessed from the weblog URL. The sorcerer notwithstanding produces cookies - but they are ordinary start political party cookies, which are much less feared than 3rd political party cookies.
But, every silverish lining has a cloud.
In making the "Don't track" sorcerer accessed nether the weblog URL, Blogger created a novel requirement - which is no to a greater extent than understood, past times unopen to weblog owners, than "third party" cookies.
"Don't track" directly runs scripts from the weblog URL, instead of the Blogger dashboard.
In gild for a weblog to notice - as well as save - the "Don't track" setting, whatever figurer that the possessor uses has to allow start political party cookies - as well as all scripts - from the blog, instead of from the Blogger dashboard.
Since "Don't track" is designed to last used past times the weblog owner, this novel requirement should non last a problem. Every weblog possessor should last able to trust herself / himself, to non add together dodgy code to his / her ain blog.
Owners of blogs published to custom domains volition convey to tweak the URL used past times the "Don't rails ..." Stats wizard, to gear upwards "Don't track" - since custom domains attain non back upwards HTTPS.
Many safety products block scripts from personally owned blogs.
Unfortunately, full general safety exercise is to block scripts from "blogspot.com", "blogspot.xx" (for every "xx" for every soil local domain"), as well as preferably for blogs published to custom domains.
You tin trust scripts from "blogger.com", as well as the Blogger dashboard. You cannot trust the private blogs, since you lot cannot trust every weblog owner. Even if you lot could trust unopen to people non to intentionally endeavor to hack your computer, you lot cannot trust everybody to non stupidly install malicious software from a rattling convincing hacker, providing i to a greater extent than "gotta convey this" weblog accessory.
And since you lot cannot trust the private blogs, you lot volition convey filters. And those filters convey to last adjusted, to trust your ain blogs - if you lot desire to ignore your ain pageviews.
Some weblog owners add together safety software, as well as don't know how to keep the filters.
There are besides many Blogger weblog owners who convey installed protective software on their personal computers - without knowing how to accommodate the filters, inwards the protective software. And unopen to of those owners intend that it is a Blogger responsibility, to render them instructions, how to accommodate the protective software on their ain computers - when only they are capable of knowing what they installed.
The novel version of the Stats "Don't track" selection is an improvement, because it no longer requires 3rd political party cookies - as well as involves the associated safety risk. Unfortunately, it directly requires weblog owners to allow scripts, from the blogs themselves.
This is non a safety risk, inwards that entirely personally owned blogs bespeak to last trusted - but the weblog owners attain bespeak to know how to accommodate the filters involved. And non everybody amongst a figurer knows how to configure their safety accessories.
The "Don't rails ..." sorcerer is directly accessed from the weblog URL. The sorcerer notwithstanding produces cookies - but they are ordinary start political party cookies, which are much less feared than 3rd political party cookies.
But, every silverish lining has a cloud.
In making the "Don't track" sorcerer accessed nether the weblog URL, Blogger created a novel requirement - which is no to a greater extent than understood, past times unopen to weblog owners, than "third party" cookies.
"Don't track" directly runs scripts from the weblog URL, instead of the Blogger dashboard.
In gild for a weblog to notice - as well as save - the "Don't track" setting, whatever figurer that the possessor uses has to allow start political party cookies - as well as all scripts - from the blog, instead of from the Blogger dashboard.
Since "Don't track" is designed to last used past times the weblog owner, this novel requirement should non last a problem. Every weblog possessor should last able to trust herself / himself, to non add together dodgy code to his / her ain blog.
Owners of blogs published to custom domains volition convey to tweak the URL used past times the "Don't rails ..." Stats wizard, to gear upwards "Don't track" - since custom domains attain non back upwards HTTPS.
Many safety products block scripts from personally owned blogs.
Unfortunately, full general safety exercise is to block scripts from "blogspot.com", "blogspot.xx" (for every "xx" for every soil local domain"), as well as preferably for blogs published to custom domains.
You tin trust scripts from "blogger.com", as well as the Blogger dashboard. You cannot trust the private blogs, since you lot cannot trust every weblog owner. Even if you lot could trust unopen to people non to intentionally endeavor to hack your computer, you lot cannot trust everybody to non stupidly install malicious software from a rattling convincing hacker, providing i to a greater extent than "gotta convey this" weblog accessory.
And since you lot cannot trust the private blogs, you lot volition convey filters. And those filters convey to last adjusted, to trust your ain blogs - if you lot desire to ignore your ain pageviews.
Some weblog owners add together safety software, as well as don't know how to keep the filters.
There are besides many Blogger weblog owners who convey installed protective software on their personal computers - without knowing how to accommodate the filters, inwards the protective software. And unopen to of those owners intend that it is a Blogger responsibility, to render them instructions, how to accommodate the protective software on their ain computers - when only they are capable of knowing what they installed.
The novel version of the Stats "Don't track" selection is an improvement, because it no longer requires 3rd political party cookies - as well as involves the associated safety risk. Unfortunately, it directly requires weblog owners to allow scripts, from the blogs themselves.
This is non a safety risk, inwards that entirely personally owned blogs bespeak to last trusted - but the weblog owners attain bespeak to know how to accommodate the filters involved. And non everybody amongst a figurer knows how to configure their safety accessories.